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Husker99 said:
Challenge Accepted

NOTE: I just did some SEC teams because that proves my point and answers your challenge to find other examples. Which I did--easily.

Alabama

2025 Florida State, UL Monroe, Wisconsin, Easteern Illinois <-- That's a respectable OOC with 2 P4 teams.
2024 Western Kentucky, USF, Wisconsin, Mercer -- 3 puff teams/
2023 Middle Tennessee, Texas, USF, Chattanooga (When did Texas and Oklahoma move into the SEC again????)
2022 Utah State, Texas, UL Monroe, Austin Peay

Arkansas

2025 Alabama A&M, Arkansas St, Memphis
2024 Arkansas Pine Bluff, Oklahoma St, UAB, LA Tech
2023 Western Carolina, Kent State, BYU, Florida International
2022 Cincinnati, Missouri St, BYU, Liberty

Kentucky

2025 Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Tennesse Tech, Louisville
2024 Southern Miss, Ohio, Murray State, Louisville
2023 Ball State, Eastern Kentucky, Akron, Louisville
2022 Miami Ohio, Youngstown State, Northern Illinois, Louisville

LSU

2025 Clemson, La Tech, SE Louisiana, Western Kentucky
2024 USC, Nichols, UCLA, South Alabama
2023 Florida State, Grambling, Army, Georgia State
2022 Florida State, Southern, New Mexico, UAB

Do I need to go on?

Whether we like it or not, Nebraska's OOC from 2025-2028 is very comparable to what pretty much all the SEC teams have scheduled from 2022-2025.

Now a few of these schedules are skewed a bit with the SEC only playing 8 conference games and teams like Florida playing in-state rivals Florida State and Miami and Georgia playing Georgia Tech on a yearly basis. But the premise holds true: SEC teams routinely schedule 3 cream puff teams on a yearly basis.

But yeah, as a general rule, SEC teams play primarily cupcake/cream puff teams in their OOC.
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Yeah, I figured the SEC would bring numerous examples when I realized they were playing 4 OOC games. My guess is, at a glance, SEC teams were playing one decent team and three creampuffs in their OOC schedule, ending up with a schedule very similar to what the Huskers will be playing the next 3 seasons.

How many times must I concede before you stop kicking me in the groin?
 
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DrFumble said:
We're in a day and age where we play a nine-game conference schedule that will include many ranked opponents. So I'm not sure I understand what the big deal is with our OOC schedule. Our last OOC opponent is this Saturday in mid-September.
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It's purely for optics. Also, if you play at least one premiere team each season and if you win, it can help your strength of schedule which is something the playoff committee takes into account when deciding between to basically equal teams for a playoff spot. Conversely, if you lose, it doesn't penalize you as much for losing to say, Tennessee Tech.

I agree that with the expanded B1G and 9 conference games it's gonna be a grind, but such is life.
 
I have done a complete 540 on this subject after my eyes were opened by 99. I hope Nebraska has the following OOC schedule in 2029

Northern Lights
Northern Exposure
Northern Trust

Halfway to bowl eligibility baby!
 
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Hunchback Johnny said:
That would depend on what you consider vastly inferior. Cal and Baylor are both in P4 Conferences, making them a peer financially and otherwise to Nebraska. How is Penn State vastly inferior? PSU is much much much much much better than any OOC school Nebraska plays in this 4-year span.

2026
Bowling Green
Ohio
Northern Dakota

2027
Northern Illinois
Norther Iowa
Northern Miami

Not one of these teams are in the P4, nor can they compete financially with Nebraska.

Dammit, I just realized what has happened here. The SEC was only playing 8 conference games.:ashamed0001:

I will concede Auburn's schedule does indeed have 12 weaklings because they only play 8 conference games. You accepted the challenge and succeeded in proving me wrong. Tip of the cap. Now, I challenge you to find another. :p;)They had the option to play 16 though and instead chose a P4 opponent each season. Nebraska chose to not to. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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Im going to venture a thought here, maybe you should check our schedule in B1G for 2026, its brutal and all you do is piddle and moan about our OOC schedule.
 
Going back many years, I never liked playing cupcakes. I know everybody does it, but that doesn't make it right. Maybe instead of playing Houston Christian we can schedule a better cupcake ... you know ... like New Mexico State.
 
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SCVHusker said:
Going back many years, I never liked playing cupcakes. I know everybody does it, but that doesn't make it right. Maybe instead of playing Houston Christian we can schedule a better cupcake ... you know ... like New Mexico State.
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Hey now! How DARE you disparage a team I very rarely root for and never watch play.
 
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Husker99 said:
I hate the fact that Nebraska did unfortunately become the cream puff other team's would schedule.

The part in purple: I agree. As an athletic department, you can very much schedule yourself into a losing season if you make the OOC too tough.
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What freaking year was it , that we were lined up as the homecoming team for half the league ? That was ******* embarrassing
 
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j d said:
Without conference divisions, the chance of getting to the championship game with 2 in conference losses is pretty low.
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While unlikely, I can certainly see seasons where the conference's Big Dawgs all beat up on one another. In that scenario, it will be the B1G's tiebreaker rules that will determine who's makes it into the CCG and who doesn't.

In that scenario, I find it hard to believe a team who survived the league's 18-team guantlet to make the Final Two gets left out of the playoffs with a loss.
 
j d said:
To be fair, I was referring to Big 10 Championship, but OSU still fits the bill.
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and I was referring to the two biggest offenders to get in the playoffs with more than one loss. This whole thing is tailored to fit a NFL model without divisions...
 
I think at some point in the not-so-distant future, there will be a B1G vs. SEC game on everyone's schedule. If the SEC goes to nine conference games, that means everyone will have one solid non-conference opponent, and then whatever else they want (perhaps a Group of 5 and an FCS).

My undergrad alma mater was listed as one of Auburn's cupcakes. There's a strong connection because Pat Sullivan coached at Samford and won the Heisman at Auburn. Samford is playing Baylor this Saturday and aTm at the end of the year. Both games will be horrendous, but the paychecks will help pay for some great non-revenue programs like Track, Baseball, and Women's Soccer.

But Samford must NEVER play Nebraska. :)

By the way, I think Houston Christian is a replacement for Louisiana-Monroe. Next year's Bowling Green game is the Tennessee replacement, if I remember correctly.
 
The Big Ten will never not have at least one team in the playoffs. Let's say OSU, Oregon, PSU, UM, and Nebraska all beat each other up to the tune of two losses or more. One or even two of those teams will make the playoffs.
 
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